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Oi launched its mobile network in 2002 in its license states. It was the first network using GSM in Brazil. Oi has the practice of not calling its phones "cell phones", but rather "Ois". In 2007, Oi started selling only unlocked handsets, focusing on SIM card and plan sales.
In 2022, the sale was approved by the regulatory agency Anatel and Oi's 36.5 million mobile customers were transferred to TIM (40%), Claro (32%) and Vivo (28%). [7] Algar Telecom is the largest regional mobile carrier, operating in 4 states. The company's customers have national coverage through roaming agreements with the three major telcos.
Telefonica Brasil SA and TIM Participações SA have expressed interest in negotiating a joint offer to buy the mobile unit of bankrupt Brazilian carrier Oi SA, the two companies said on Tuesday ...
The service is now marketed in all Brazilian states. Oi is now offering its own FTTH operation, in its original service area and recently started in a few cities in the state of São Paulo. Oi claimed to have 4.0 million homes connected with FTTH in 1Q2023 offering FTTH plans with speeds of up to 1 Gbit/s download (500 Mbit/s upload). [26]
The company was originally formed as part of Telebrás, the state-owned telecom monopoly at the time. In 1998, Telebrás was demerged and privatized. Telefónica bought Telesp, the São Paulo division, and rebranded it to Telefónica.
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A mobile phone operator, wireless provider, or carrier is a mobile telecommunications company that provides wireless Internet GSM services for mobile device users. The operator gives a SIM card to the customer who inserts it into the mobile device to gain access to the service.
Oi (digraph), a Latin-script digraph; Oi (interjection), an interjection used to get someone's attention, or to express surprise or disapproval; Oi language, a Mon–Khmer dialect cluster of southern Laos; Gha, a letter (Ƣ ƣ) erroneously referred to by Unicode as "oi"